If I may speak for Rob, - something I've never done before, and probably
should never do again,*G* - when he says 'eventually the judging center
figures out who you are' I believe he's talking about paperwork. When the
award paperwork lays around the judging center without the exhibitor paying
for it, year after year, then the center takes notice. The secretary sends
a letter to the exhibitor asking what's up. The exhibitor tells the AOS the
reeason for not paying for the award(s) and appropriate action is taken.
Like not being allowed to exhibit for AOS awards. Again, the judges sitting
at the table judging the plant wouldn't know until the entry paperwork came
back with the exhibitor's name that the plant belonged to the exhibitor.
K Barrett
"Al" wrote in message
...
Isn't their some judging rule that a judge should re-curse him/her self if
they know who owns the plant and this knowledge will affect (or effect
....I
forget which) their ability to judge it?
"Rob" wrote in message
...
Al wrote:
Orchid name registration with the RHS is voluntary. There is really
nothing but pressure from orchid collectors to stop a proliferation of
unregistered names. There are a lot of them out there, mericlones of
very nice plants from exotic locations whose parentage can not be
traced.
When my few plants have been awarded by the AOS, I got a receipt in the
mail from the judging location with all the specs and a bill for
$40.00.
If I chose not to pay the bill, I still have the carbon of the award
spec
to prove my orchid was deemed awardable, using my provisional name.
Even
if I never pay to register the hybrid or pay the award registration fee
I
can still call my plant what I want and say it was deemed awardable by
AOS judges and I chose not to pay for the privilege of making it
"official". I have my carbon as proof even if the AOS and RHS react
negatively. Yes, Civilization as we know it is ending because of this
problem. If the world only knew the true reason why. Of course I do
pay
whatever they ask because I like the feel of parchment and the nifty
little kodachrome slide I get....and because I want to be liked and
recognized by important members of the orchid growing community. I
really really do, but then I am weird that way.
Of course if you don't pay for your awards, you get 'black-listed' and
cannot receive any more awards. Eventually the judging center figures
out
who you are... *grin* So there is some incentive to play by the rules.
It is my experience that a lot of the plants from exotic locales are
lucky
to have any cross information at all. The growers make zillions of
crosses. They don't register them all (that costs money). I'd wager
that
most of these growers would be happy for you to pay the registration
fee.
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Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a) See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more
orchids, obtain more credit